UCSC: J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves (PI)
Hamid Sadjadpour
Katia Obraczka
MIT: Muriel Medard
Stanford University: Andrea Goldsmith
UC Berkeley: Pravin Varaiya
UCLA: Rajive Bagrodia
Mario Gerla
UIUC: Nitin Vaidya
University of Maryland: Tony Ephremides
http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/research/ccrg/DAWN
Agenda
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Registration and breakfast
Welcome and introductions
ARO Remarks (Bob Ulman, ARO)
DAWN overview (J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, UCSC)
Future directions in fundamental studies of wireless ad hoc networks
(Hamid Sadjadpour, UCSC)
Medium access control using multi-user diversity
(Marzieh Veyseh, J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, UCSC)
Coffee break
COMMUNITY: Communication in heterogeneous networks
prone to episodic connectivity
(Katia Obraczka, UCSC)
Practical considerations in wireless network coding
(Nadia Fawaz, Muriel Medard, MIT)
Quantitative evaluation of secure network coding
(Mario Gerla, UCLA)
Lunch
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1:45 Analog Network Coding in High-SNR Relay Networks
(Andrea Goldsmith, Stanford)
2:20 Improving the performance of wireless networks
(Nitin Vaidya, UIUC)
2:55 Harmonic channel access and routing
(J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, UCSC)
3:30 Coffee break
3:45 A New DAWN: Future Directions in Network Science and Engineering
(group discussion)
4:45 Meeting adjourns
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A “Science
ofApproach
Networking”
Technical
What
isbest
the that
What
is
the
Is the
protocol
correct?
performance
of
we
can
possibly
do?
specific protocols
fundamental limits
with a specific PHY?
Upper-bound
logic
Lower-bound
analytical models
APPLICATION
collaborative applications…
TRANSPORT
end-to-end transport protocols…
NETWORK
routing-structure
maintenance
simulations
opportunistic
packet forwarding
interconnection
LINK
synchronization
PHYSICAL
transmission
scheduling
neighborhood
discovery
Antennas, radios
protocols and
architectures
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Summary of Scientific Progress
Another Impressive year in terms of quantity and quality
of research output!
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> 26 journal papers published or accepted for publication.
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> 51 peer-reviewed papers in conference proceedings
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IEEE Trans. Information Theory, IEEE Trans. Comm., IEEE Trans.
Wireless Comm, IEEE/ACM Trans. On Networks, IEEE JSAC, Ad
Hoc Networks
IEEE Infocom, IEEE SECON, and IEEE MASS, IEEE ICNP, IEEE
ICDCN
Several Ph.D. and M.S. theses completed (> 5, > 8)
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Summary of Scientific Progress
BEST PAPER AWARDS
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Best Paper Award :
Z. Wang, M. Ji, L. Dritsoula, H. Sadjadpour, and J.J. Garcia-LunaAceves, ``On The Minimum Side Information of MIMO Broadcast
Channel,'' European Wireless Conference 2010, Lucca, Italy, April 12-15, 2010.
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Best Paper Award:
Vartika Bhandari and Nitin H. Vaidya, “Scheduling in Multi-Channel
Wireless Networks,” IEEE ICDCN 2010.
Best Paper Awards in
every year of DAWN!
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Summary of Scientific Progress
Recognized Technical Leadership:
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J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves (UCSC):
- General Chair, 7th ACM PE-WASUN 2010, Bodrum, Turkey, October 17–21, 2010.
- Best Paper Award at European Wireless Conference 2010.
Member of IEEE Fred W. Ellersick 2010 MILCOM Award Selection Committee for Best
Unclassified Paper
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Mario Gerla:
- General Co-Chair of IEEE MASS 2010, November 8-12, 2010, San Francisco, CA
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Andrea Goldsmith (Stanford):
- Silicon Valley Business Journal Women of Influence Award – 2010.
- IEEE Information Theory Society Distinguished Lecturer – 2010-2011.
- 2009 Technical Achievement Award: Wireless Communications Committee, IEEE
Comsoc
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Summary of Scientific Progress
Recognized Technical Leadership:
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Muriel Medard (MIT):
- TPC co-chair this year of ACM-Sigcomm CONEXT 2010
- Editor for the IT Transactions Special Memorial Issue for Ralf Koetter
- Guest Editor for JSAC issue on Trading Rate for Delay at the Transport and
Application Layers.
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Katia Obraczka (UCSC):
- General Co-Chair of IEEE MASS 2010, November 8-12, 2010, San
Francisco, CA.
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Hamid Sadjadpour (UCSC):
Best Paper Award at European Wireless Conference 2010
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Summary of Scientific Progress
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New fundamental results on the capacity of wireless
networks.
New approaches derived from this theory (beyond
virtual MIMO using interference management)
Additional ideas on the practical use of network coding
and secure network coding.
Analog network coding in high SNR regimes
New results on distributed transmission scheduling.
Novel approaches and theory of routing in connected
and disconnected wireless networks.
Analytical models of the performance of various
communication protocols.
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Technology & Idea Transfer
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JJ & Hamid Sadjadpour:
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SUNS-Tech Corp Phase I STTR award; one U.S. patent application
filed on opportunistic interference management.
Good prospects for Phase II award.
SBIR Phase I proposals submitted
Andrea Goldsmith:
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Provisional patent application filed jointly with Ericsson “Management
of Cognitive Transmission in Primary Spectrum”
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Dynamic Ad Hoc Wireless Networks:
From Theory to Practice
 Unofficial
Deliverable for 2011
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